I have been researching for awhile and have just about resigned myself to signing up for LexisNexis for skip trace needs. Obvious downside is the high monthly recurring cost. Has anyone else used them before? Worth th...

I spoke with a mortgage officer who told me I'd need about $30k in total to cover all closing costs and have 3 months of reserves to get a 3-family.

Carrington title services. 

Is there a call forwarding service similar to google voice, but will allow you to have more than one number forward to the same phone?

Yes, if you pay, you get a copy.It's a CU, not a bank, sounds like a portfolio loan and not a secondary market product, so yes, the can evaluate the collateral as they please, but they are going above and beyond prudent lending to much tougher requirements, not great marketing for loan services but they can.Market value is what we generally work with in real estate, but we do have other valuations, liquidation, salvage value, tax and estate valuations.

I did a lot of direct marketing using the data from Default Research and they stopped their service.  

Since you have some reservations with money/ risk how about partnering with someone who has cash? 

Finding a good renter who likes condo living seems like a relatively safe bet...if the positive cash flow is not eaten away by capital expenditures, lack of reserves, and routine maintenance on big ticket items.  

The tax lien teacher Tom DiAngostino has a tax lien service that sells late taxes lists for most counties in GA (and every state).

If I understand you correctly this birddog brought you a willing and able buyer so you as the seller should pay for his service unless he had other arrangements with his buyer.